The wanted traditional ruler of Ewu kingdom in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, HRM Clement Ikolo Oghenerukevwe, has voluntarily surrendered himself to the police amidst accusations of involvement in the killing of 17 soldiers in the Okuama Community.
Accompanied by the president general of Ewu, Prof Ekpekpo Arthur, and six others, the monarch arrived at the police station following a declaration of their wanted status by the Defence Headquarters of the Nigerian Army.
Addressing reporters in a Press Conference before submitting himself to the authorities, HRM Clement Ikolo Oghenerukevwe expressed shock at being implicated in such a grave matter.
He stated; “I am very surprised that my name as the monarch of the kingdom will appear in the list of wanted persons.
“I have no hand in the killings, I have no hand in encouraging anybody to kill anybody, it is against my philosophy as a human being and my faith as a Catholic.
“It is a serious crime against humanity and they need to look at the appropriate places and do thorough investigation to know all those who has committed this and bring them to bookans let justice prevail.
“I am not a party to this and like I have said earlier, the state government is aware of the turbulence I have been going through and as I speak, an arrangement was made by the government to invite the opponents recently just before this happenings.
“To invite those who are fighting me in the kingdom to reconcile the differences and allow me to go into the kingdom and start to rule as the monarch of the place.
“I have not being able to set up anything, I have not been able to set up my traditional council, I have done nothing in the kingdom.
“So I barely know anything right now, I have no information, I know nothing Iam only just in the process of set up a structure to enable me rule in the kingdom.”